This course will describe key factors in emotional well-being and orienting participants toward opportunities for experiential activities that lead toward a therapeutic goal. A unique perspective will be taken through exploring the impact of social determinants of health and minority stress on relational dynamics, and how to navigate this in therapy. Various theoretical frameworks will be utilized to conceptualize cases and integrate interventions into practice.

1. Participants will be able to describe at least 2 strategic ways of labeling emotional experiences and goals in an experiential way.
2. Participants will be able to explain how social determinants of health and minority stress impact relational dynamics.
3. Participants will be able to list experiential techniques that can access idiosyncratic mechanisms of change with couples and families.